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Recent Examples of firing squad
South Carolina has put prisoners to death by by firing squad twice in 2025.
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Kevin Fixler, Idaho Statesman, 2 Sep. 2025
In 1918, Bolshevik secret police forced Anastasia Romanov and her imperial family into a damp basement to face a merciless firing squad.
—Ashlee Conour, Chicago Tribune, 2 Sep. 2025
Brad Keith Sigmon on Friday for the beating deaths of his ex-girlfriend's parents, marking the first firing squad execution in the state in modern history and the first in the U.S. since 2010.
—Alexis Simmerman, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
The firing squad is an alternative method of execution in four states: Mississippi, Oklahoma, South Carolina and Utah.
—Joyce Orlando, Nashville Tennessean, 19 May 2025
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Kevin Fixler, Idaho Statesman, 2 Sep. 2025
In 1918, Bolshevik secret police forced Anastasia Romanov and her imperial family into a damp basement to face a merciless firing squad.
—Ashlee Conour, Chicago Tribune, 2 Sep. 2025
Brad Keith Sigmon on Friday for the beating deaths of his ex-girlfriend's parents, marking the first firing squad execution in the state in modern history and the first in the U.S. since 2010.
—Alexis Simmerman, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
The firing squad is an alternative method of execution in four states: Mississippi, Oklahoma, South Carolina and Utah.
—Joyce Orlando, Nashville Tennessean, 19 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for firing squad
Noun
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The north was expected to be America’s rear guard, a place where values like democracy and women’s rights might have taken hold.—
Azam Ahmed,
New York Times,
24 Dec. 2024
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And assassins from a coalition of all the local indigenous tribes — out for blood over the murder of Jimmy the Creek, one of their own, last episode — slit the throats of Ming’s rear guard.—
Sean T. Collins,
Vulture,
10 Nov. 2024
Noun
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Metro Nashville mounted patrol officer Michael Douglas squeezed a three-foot-long rubber chicken, producing an increasingly louder and closer screeching sound to try and provoke a 1,700-pound Clydesdale named Ross.—
Craig Shoup,
Nashville Tennessean,
3 Oct. 2025
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The city unveiled four utility terrain vehicles and four patrol bikes that were rolled out along transit lines this week.—
Charlotte Observer,
Charlotte Observer,
3 Oct. 2025
Noun
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While searching Wallen, an officer pulled out a pocket knife from his front picket.—
Kirsten Fiscus,
Nashville Tennessean,
6 Oct. 2025
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Ellis also says that the local is planning some coordinated action to protest Disney’s decision, including an informational picket to let the public know about its concerns, though nothing is set in stone quite yet.—
Katie Campione,
Deadline,
23 Sep. 2025
Noun
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While Schloss Fuschl isn’t Rosewood’s first Austrian outpost (that title belongs to their 99-room Vienna hotel, which opened in 2022 inside Mozart’s former home), its lakefront setting and castle-style accommodations are so dramatic, you could be forgiven for thinking otherwise.—
Siobhan Reid,
Travel + Leisure,
4 Oct. 2025
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This funky mountain outpost is more about the experience than just the meal.—
Tara Massouleh McCay,
Southern Living,
4 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Aside from scouting, sending messages or sentry duty, some dogs were trained for direct combat.—
Vic Verbalaitis,
MSNBC Newsweek,
22 Aug. 2025
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Rows of lights stood like sentries above, adorned with flat visors that guided the glow onto the action.—
Adithi Ramakrishnan,
Twin Cities,
21 Aug. 2025
Noun
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This watch guide was created using technology provided by Data Skrive.—
Data Skrive,
New York Times,
6 Oct. 2025
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How the team adjusts in their first game without their best player will be worth the watch.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
5 Oct. 2025
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“Firing squad.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/firing%20squad. Accessed 11 Oct. 2025.
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